Farage vows to suspend asylum system for five years

Summarised from 2 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 13 Oct, 00:57 · Archive

Nigel Farage has pledged to suspend the UK asylum system entirely for five years if Reform UK wins the election.

Nigel Farage has pledged that a Reform UK government would ban anyone from being granted asylum for five years if he is elected. The plan would suspend the asylum system for a full parliamentary term, declaring void any applications in progress. All asylum tribunals, legal refugee routes and resettlement schemes would be scrapped.

A Reform government would not hear the approximately 90,000 outstanding asylum and humanitarian protection appeals, instead deporting the claimants. The party would immediately close resettlement schemes that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood recently said would reopen, with around a quarter of those admitted expected to be Palestinians and women and girls from Afghanistan. Any refugees granted asylum in the last five years would have their cases reviewed by the Home Office.

Mr Farage told The Telegraph: "The country is currently facing a national security emergency and the first duty of government is to protect its citizens. We cannot accept more asylum seekers while we still have no idea how many people are in the country illegally and the threat they pose." The party would also pledge to use tariffs to force countries to take back migrants.

How it is being reported

• Reform vows to shut UK asylum system for five years - as Farage poses in front of 43ft replica migrant dinghyThe monster prop was front and centre at the Reform UK leader's press conference focused on ending migration into the UK.Daily Mail · 13 Oct, 00:43
• Nigel Farage vows to suspend asylum system for five years if Reform UK wins electionUnder the plans, all asylum tribunals, legal refugee routes and resettlement schemes will be scrappedEvening Standard · 12 Oct, 07:45
• Farage to pledge to suspend asylum system for five yearsUnder the plans, all asylum tribunals, legal refugee routes and resettlement schemes will be scrapped.Evening Standard · 11 Oct, 21:41
• Farage to pledge to suspend asylum system for five yearsUnder the plans, all asylum tribunals, legal refugee routes and resettlement schemes will be scrapped.Evening Standard · 11 Oct, 21:00

In this story: Nigel Farage · Reform UK · Shabana Mahmood · UK · Afghanistan · Palestine

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